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Ministry of Culture
Shri G. Kishan Reddy presents Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2019, 2020 and 2021 to102 artists  of India who have made a mark as young talents in their respective fields of performing arts
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar  will attract the youth of the country towards traditional history: Shri G.K Reddy
The Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER, Shri G. Kishan Reddy presented the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar  2019, 2020 and 2021, at Meghdoot Theatre Complex, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi on 15th February. Chairperson of Sangeet Natak Akademi, Dr. Sandhya Purecha presided over the event.
Sangeet Natak Akademi, the national academy of Music, Dance and Drama, and the apex body of the performing arts in the country, in the meeting of its General Council held on 8 November 2022 in New Delhi selected 102 artists  of India who have made a mark as young talents in their respective fields of performing arts for the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2019, 2020 and 2021. A four-day festival of music, dance and drama would be held from 14-17 February 2023 featuring the recipients of the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the year 2019 at Meghdoot Theatre Complex, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.
Presenting the awards, Shri G. Kishan Reddy congratulated all the artistes on being honored with the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar. He also said that it has been the country’s tradition to encourage and promote arts. He said that art cannot be separated from India. The Union Minister also added that artists do a great job of taking their art to the next generation.
He further highlighted the fact that 19 artists from the North East region of the country have won the award which shows the changed circumstances of the region . The Union Minister also said that, apart from encouraging all the artists, this award, will attract the youth of the country towards traditional history and arts.
The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar, given to artists up to the age of 40 years, was introduced in the year 2006 with the objective of identifying and encouraging outstanding young talents in diverse fields of the performing arts and giving them national recognition early in their life, so that they may work with greater commitment and dedication in their chosen fields. The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar carries a purse money of Rs 25,000/- , an Angavastram and a plaque.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Boxer Duryodhan Singh Negi tests covid positive, is asymptotic and under observation
Boxer Duryodhan Singh Negi  who is presently training at SAI NSNIS Patiala has tested positive for the coronavirus. He is currently asymptomatic and has been shifted to Columbia Asia Hospital as a precautionary measure.
He had been on leave for the Diwali break and and was in quarantine upon his return. As per SOPs established by SAI, he was tested on the 6th day after his return to the camp .
All care is being taken of him to ensure a speedy recovery.
Special Service and Features
SHRI SUNIL PALIWAL, IAS, ASSUMES CHARGE AS CHAIRPERSON, CHENNAI PORT TRUST
Shri Sunil Paliwal, IAS, has assumed charge as Chairperson, Chennai Port Trust from 23.10.2021.
Mr.Sunil Paliwal is a 1993 batch Tamil Nadu Cadre IAS Officer. He has done his B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur, M.S. in Computer Science from University of Maryland, USA and MBA from University of Birmingham, UK.
Mr. Sunil Paliwal started his career as Sub Collector, Cuddalore District and served as Additional Collector in Nagapattinam District. He also worked as the Collector of Tirunelveli, Theni and Kanniyakumari Districts.
He also held crucial portfolios in the Government of Tamil Nadu such as Managing Director, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board , Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Road Development Company Limited , Managing Director, Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation, Secretary to Government, Commercial Taxes & Registration Department and Commissioner for Milk Production & Dairy Development and Managing Director, Tamilnadu Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd. , Principal Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department and Principal Secretary to Government, Labour & Employment Department.
Currently he is holding the post of Chairman cum Managing Director, Kamarajar Port Ltd.
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Ministry of Labour & Employment
Union Labour & Employment Minister lays foundation of 500-bed hospital in Manesar today
Around six lakh workers from Gurugram & neighbouring districts of Mahendragarh, Nuh and Rewari to get treatment facility through the hospital
ESIC dispensaries & hospitals all over the country to organise Yoga Camps: Shri Bhupender Yadav
Equal Pay Scale Policy will be adapted for the doctors of ESIC
Union Labour and Employment, Forest, Environment & Climate Change Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav laid down the foundation stone of 500 bed-hospital of Employees State Insurance Corporation  in Manesar, Haryana today. Union minister of state for Labour and Employment Shri Rameshwar Teli, Chief Minister of Haryana Shri Manohar Lal and Deputy Chief Minister Shri Dushyant Chautala along with other dignitaries were also present.
On this occasion Shri Bhupender Yadav said that Ministry of Labour and Employment will reconsider the mandate of distance and number of insured persons to establish new dispensary or hospital under ESIC, following Prime Ministers vision to serve the poor people on priority. Further, he announced the adaption of equal pay scale policy for doctors of Central and State supported ESIC hospitals and dispensaries. Keeping the need of Nursing staff in ESIC Hospitals, the minister announced to open a nursing college in Manesar. The announcement was welcomed by Haryana CM with the commitment of providing 5-acre land for this nursing college.
The Minister told that ESIC hospitals will be equipped for the treatment of job or profession-borne diseases. The minister said that medical examination for insured persons over 40 years will be undertaken in ESIC hospitals in a phased manner. Shri Yadav informed that ESIC dispensaries and hospitals all over the country will organise Yoga Camps in the month of June in connection with World Yoga Day. Shri Yadav said that 25 crore E-Shram Cards have been made within 4 months to ensure the Bima for kamgars. He told that a survey of migratory and domestic worker has been started on the instruction of Hon’ble PM to assess their conditions.
The hospital will be built on 8 acre area at the cost of Rs 500 crore. Around six lakh workers from Gurugram and neighbouring districts of Mahendragarh, Nuh and Rewari will get treatment facility through this hospital. The Workers and other citizens will also get treatment under the Ayushman Bharat scheme in this hospital. This ESIC hospital will have emergency, OPD, ICU, Gynaecology and Pediatrics, Orthopaedic and Cancer treatment facilities. Blood bank will also be established in the hospital.
Shri Yadav announced an open competition for students of Architecture to prepare the design of this Manesar ESIC hospital and declared cash prize of Rs 2 lakhs for first prize, Rs 1.5 lakhs for Second Prize and Rs 1 lakh for third prize. Sanction letters to the kins of Corona deceased persons, E-Shram Cards, payment under EDLI Scheme were also distributed in the programme.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 Vaccination Update - Day 317
India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 122 crore landmark milestone
More than 36 lakh Vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 122 Crore landmark milestone  today. More than 36 lakh  Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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10383525
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2nd Dose
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9472087
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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18378355
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2nd Dose
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16457798
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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455409693
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2nd Dose
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217360310
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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183957386
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2nd Dose
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118674947
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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115204227
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2nd Dose
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78183016
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Cumulative 1st dose administered
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783333186
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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440148158
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Total
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1223481344
Today’s achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:
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Date: 28th November, 2021 
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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101
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2nd Dose
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5259
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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162
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2nd Dose
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9809
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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897730
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2nd Dose
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1570517
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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249007
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2nd Dose
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499896
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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154368
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2nd Dose
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271907
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1st Dose Administered in Total
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1301368
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2nd Dose Administered in Total
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2357388
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Total
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3658756
The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.
President's Secretariat
President of India Inaugurates 13th Edition Of CII Agro Tech India - 2018
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the 13th edition of CII Agro Tech India-2018 today  in Chandigarh.
Speaking on the occasion, the President said that Indian agriculture needs a renewal of its marriage with contemporary technology; protection against climate change, price fluctuations and demand shocks; and sustained investment by and partnership with business. Together these will enhance agricultural value and competitiveness – as well as lead to better incomes.
The President said that through human history, agriculture has moved ahead with cross-fertilisation. It is the ideal stage for partnerships, for symbiosis and for mutual learning and sharing. Partnerships can be formed across sectors and across geographies. In previous decades, manufacturing and mechanisation have been of appreciable utility to agriculture. Today a strong relationship is emerging between agriculture and the services sector. Biotechnology, nanotechnology, data science, remote-sensing imaging, autonomous aerial and ground vehicles, and artificial intelligence hold the key to generating more value for agriculture. He expressed confidence that Agro Tech India-2018 will promote specific partnerships that will benefit India’s farmers.
Pointing to the issue of pollution due to stubble burning, the President said that the farmers of Punjab and Haryana are a matter of pride for our country. They have never shied away from a challenge and a responsibility to larger society. Today we are facing a problem related to disposal of crop residue and of safe and clean removal of husk or stubble. In an extreme form, the burning of such items is leading to pollution that affects even little children. It is for all of us, including the state governments, the skilled and large-hearted farmers, and other stakeholders, to come up with a solution. And no doubt technology will help us find a solution.
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President's Secretariat
NO ‘CHANGE OF GUARD’ CEREMONY TOMORROW
The Change of Guard Ceremony will not to be held this Saturday  on the Forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan due to National Mourning.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA IS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN SEVEN STATES FOR A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS FROM 01.04.2020.
Atal Bhujal Yojana, a Central Sector Scheme with a total outlay of Rs.6,000 crore is being implemented in 8,220 water stressed Gram Panchayats of 229 administrative blocks/ Talukas in 80 districts of seven States, viz. Haryana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh for a period of 5 years from 01.04.2020.
The institutional set up required for implementation of the program such as State Project Monitoring Units and District Project Monitoring Units have been set up. Procurement activities for data collection equipment are in advanced stage.
The communities in all 8220 Gram Panchayats have been mobilized through existing Village and Water Sanitation Committees and their capacities have been built up through focused Information, Education & Communication  and training programs in terms of ground water data collection and its importance in water budgeting for informed and decentralized decision making. A total of 8207 Community led Water Security Plans , having details about water budget and proposed demand side interventions such as micro-irrigation, crop diversification, use of pipelines etc, and supply side interventions such as check dams, farm ponds, recharge shafts and other artificial recharge / water conservation structures, have been prepared. Implementation of the WSPs are being done in the field with active involvement of communities through convergence of various Central / State Government Schemes by concerned line departments.
In order to simplify and speed up the implementation of the scheme, consultations were held with States and a number of measures taken such as removing irrelevant documentation by providing data from back-end, updation in MIS, provision of data entry in mobile app, provision of issuing instructions/guidelines in local language, adequate capacity building for all the stake holders by relevant experts, regular troubleshooting workshops etc. Periodic field visits and regular reviews are also conducted.
The scheme is piloting approaches to participatory demand management of ground water in water stressed areas of water stressed states.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Goverment Committed to get Access to Indian Pharma in Key Markets: Suresh Prabhu
Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation Minister, Suresh Prabhu speaking at the inauguration of iPHEX, International Exhibition of Pharma and Healthcare
Ministry of Commerce and Industry is fully committed to promoting the Indian pharmaceuticals industry globally, said Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Suresh Prabhu, after inaugurating 'iPHEX' in New Delhi today. The 6th annual International Exhibition of Pharma and Healthcare  is being attended by over 650 delegates from 130 countries, including scores of regulators. The Minister said that Government is committed to promoting pharmaceutical exports to untapped markets, including China which has agreed for a high level bilateral Round Table to pave the way for Indian Pharma to get market access and penetration in their vast market.
Shri Prabhu assured the global pharmaceutical players and regulators, of best quality and affordability of the Indian drugs. He emphasised the need for reaching out to newer markets, especially in Africa, where affordability is the key issue, which can be very well addressed by the Indian exporters. He stressed on the need of both competitive and complementary strategies, so that each segment of Pharmaceutical sector can benefit. He further said that there is need to make both traditional and preventive medicine, to work together. He also said that Genomics is the new branch in medicine, which can play a major role for the Indian Pharmaceutical sector.
Speaking on the occasion, Commerce Secretary Mrs Rita Teaotia said that effort is on to ensure uniform quality in the pharmaceutical sector. The Ministry is committed to ensure that consistent quality and efficacy is maintained by Indian pharmaceutical products.
Enumerating the measures to improve Ease of Doing Business, the Drugs Controller General of India, Dr Eswara Reddy, announced increasing the validity of the GMP  Certificate, from two to three years. He further stated that protocol for clinical trials approval has also been changed, setting the time line of 45 days. Once approval does not come within this timeline, the protocol would have deemed to be approved.
Chairman of the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India  Mr Madan Mohan Reddy expressed confidence that the global business will be retained in India because of competitive cost of production. He complimented the Commerce and Industry Ministry for taking several measures to make India the main source of global manufacturing in pharmaceuticals.
PHARMEXCIL Vice Chairman Mr Dinesh Dua said besides generics, India will soon emerge as a force to reckon with in the area of innovative drugs.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
BIS issues All India First License for Bullet Resistant Jackets and Protective Clothing for Industrial Workers exposed to heat
Bureau of Indian Standards felicitated All India First license as per IS 17051:2018 and IS 15748:2022 to two companies at an event recently.
IS 17051:2018 prescribes the minimum performance requirements of bullet resistant jackets for protection against small arms and ammunition. This standard specifies the performance requirements for 6 threat level and can sustain the threat from 7.62 X 39 mm AK 47 with hard steel core bullet and 7.62 X 54 R armour piercer incendiary rounds. IS 15748 specifies performance requirements for protective clothing, which are designed to protect the wearer’s body from heat and/or flame and includes the performance requirements of Heat resistance, Limited flame spread, Dimensional change of textile materials, tensile strength, tear strength etc.
Director General, BIS Shri Pramod Kumar Tiwari emphasized that these standards are expected to ensure availability of quality product and will also assist stakeholders in streamlining their procurement procedure. DDG Certification BIS, Shri H J S Pashricha congratulated licensee for successfully implementing these standards which is importance from the perspective of national security and safety of industrial worker.
Shri Ashish Kansal, Director of M/s SMPP Pvt. Ltd. during his address emphasized that this Indian standard on Bullet resistant Jacket is far more stringent than the NIJ standard which is being used by our armed forces till now and has been published after due consultation with all stake holders.
Shri Navin Gupta, Director of Star Safety Hub while appreciating the efforts of BIS, highlighted that with the availability of BIS certified product, the user can be assured of maximum protection with best comfort and designs.
The All India First license was felicitated to M/s SMPP Pvt. Ltd., Palwal for Bullet Resistant Jackets as per IS 17051:2018 and to M/s Star Safety Hub, Faridabad for Protective clothing for industrial workers exposed to heat as per IS 15748:2022.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Proposed Visit of NCST Team To Umbha Village of Sonbhadra  on 22nd July, 2019 is Deferred
In consideration of the prevailing situation, the proposed visit of Dr.Nand Kumar Sai, Hon’ble Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes  along with a team of Commission in Umbha village of Sonbhadra District of Uttar Pradesh on 22.07.2019 in connection with killing of 10 persons belonging to Scheduled Tribes over a land dispute, is deferred.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
National Health Authority  Invites Comments on the Consultation Paper on the Drug Registry
The Drug Registry intends to create a nationally recognized source of truth for information on various systems of medicine in the country
The National Health Authority  has released a consultation paper on Drug Registry. Envisioned under the ambitious Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission , Drug Registry is intended to be a single, up-to-date, centralized repository of all the drugs across all systems of medicine which are approved and are available in the Indian Market. The Drug Registry application is proposed be designed using open-source technologies and will be interoperable.
The consultation paper focuses only on Drug Registry within the National Digital Health Ecosystem and offers NHA’s current vision on the functionalities of the proposed Drug Registry, the process for its creation and potential benefits to various ecosystem stakeholders. Each section has specific open questions where feedback from stakeholders is sought. Comments from the public are invited to ensure that Drug Registry is designed and developed in a collaborative and consultative manner.
Giving his views on the consultation papers, Dr. R. S. Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority, remarked, “Through Drug Registry, ABDM aims to provide a standardized, comprehensive set of verified data on all the approved drugs marketed in the country that would enable a more efficient regulatory process. To enable inclusivity and widen the perspectives on the table, I urge all stakeholders to go through the shared consultation papers and provide us with their valuable feedback.”
NHA will also organize a public webinar on Drug Registry to explain the consultation paper on 19th April 2022 from 3 pm onwards. The links will be shared on the ABDM website https://abdm.gov.in/ and the official social media channels of NHA https://twitter.com/AyushmanNHA, https://www.facebook.com/AyushmanBharatGoI, https://www.linkedin.com/company/ayushmanbharatgoi/
Full text of the consultation paper is available for download on ABDM’s website at https://abdm.gov.in/home/Publications. Comments and feedback can be uploaded on the same link or can be emailed to abdm@nha.gov.in till 1st May 2022.
About National Health Authority:
The National Health Authority  is the apex body of the Government of India leading the implementation Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission  in coordination with different ministries/ departments of the Government of India, State Governments, and private sector/ civil society organizations. It will bridge the existing gap amongst different stakeholders of the healthcare ecosystem through digital highways. ABDM will create a seamless online platform through the provision of a wide-range of data, information and infrastructure services, duly leveraging open, interoperable, standards-based digital systems while ensuring the security, confidentiality and privacy of health-related personal information. NHA is also responsible for the implementation of another flagship scheme of the Government of India - Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana .